House Plants: Advice, Pics, Sell and Trade

Orchid.

Will prefer the bark to soil as the roots are prone to rotting if not exposed to air.

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That's it! Recovery may well be beyond my horticultural skills, but we'll see how it gets on.

Street-find plants are the best kind!

Good luck: it's got a better chance with you than it had before.

One of my "mother-in-law's tongues" is looking a bit ropey.

Worried it might be over watering, but that surprises me as I thought they hadn't had much water. And the other one in the pot seems to have perked up now the sun is out.

Any ideas?

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Looking for suggestions for something relatively large that I'll struggle to kill. To go next to a somewhat sunny bay window, I don't really have any idea about house plants!

^some kind of yucca?

ZZ Plant. They are amazing, literally thrive on neglect. Since getting mine a year ago it has become about twice the height and three times the bushiness.

Cheap at IKEA.

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Picture is not mine but for illustration

Quick one, not necessarily a house plant, but has anyone got any bamboo for sale, don’t need it too big, it’s to go on a balcony.
I’m based in Stockwell, but can Zipcar if necessary..

Ficus Bonsai "forest" project

..how did that turn out?

Nice idea for a thread by the way!
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Update on my mother-in-law's tongue.

Should I cut off the dying leaf? Or should I leave it to die naturally?

Any ideas on what went wrong?

Cheers

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Purely supposition, but as only one leaf is affected I'd think the problem is localised, rather than being environmental (which would affect more of the plant).

Damage perhaps, or a pest or disease.

In which case I'd be inclined to remove it: apart from removing something that could spread, the rotten leaf might introduce it's own problems.

And a fighting comeback looks unlikely... :)

Cheers - similar to my thoughts.

Also how does my housemate's peace lily produce so many more flowers?! I'll may be get a couple, whereas hers seems to come out with about 10. Very jelly.

for the second year in a row my monstera has fruited
last years fruits are still ripening on the plant ... about 10 % done i'd say
should i cut the new fruits off ( i'm not really expecting to eat any last years or this ) to give more energy to the plant rather than it wasting it's efforts on the fruit

rather than it wasting it's efforts on the fruit

Are the fruit edible in the species you have?

There's a plant fair on at Peckham Springs. Picked up some new friends.

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Anyone have any succulents to swap? I have a couple of little aloe aristata and some aloe vera seedlings - just small but ready to pop into their own pots.

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And the aloe vera.

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I like those aristata ones!
Don't have something to swap for atm besides a very generic succulent (name escapes me), will take a picture..
Oh also I live in Germany so this might not be worth the effort / postage, ha..

Where's a good place to buy pots online? After something around 20cm diameter and fairly simple.

Pop to Homebase?

There isn't anything like that nearby really! Going to be too busy for the next couple of weeks to make a trip as well.

I have quite a lot of Easter and Christmas Cacti in a range of colours (and some small jade plants) if that's your thing.

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This is how the avocado looks at the moment. It’s about one and a half years old. All the leaves and half the height has grown this summer.
I don’t want it to become too big next year.
Do I prune? Or root prune? What to remove? Do I do it now when it’s dormant or right before the growing period next year?

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Did you grow it from a seed? I have a couple in water at the moment that have grown roots - one has maybe 1cm and the other around 5mm - but it's a sloooooow process. Not sure they'll actually make it to growing a shoot.